Liev Schreiber Set to Star in THE BLEEDER Film

By: May. 11, 2011
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According to IMDB, stage and screen star Liev Schreiber is set to play boxing legend Chuck Wepner in 'The Bleeder.' Schreiber will star alongside Christina Hendricks and Naiomi Watts.

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Schreiber played the title role in Hamlet in a December 1999 revival at The Public Theater, and 2006, he played the title role in Macbeth opposite Jennifer Ehle at the Delacorte Theater. In 2005, Schreiber won a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor for his performance in the play Glengarry Glen Ross. In 2010, he returned to Broadway in A View from the Bridge for which he received a Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play.

Charles "Chuck" Wepner is a former heavyweight boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey. As an obscure boxer he went 15 rounds with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 fight. Wepner is credited as the inspiration for Rocky Balboa. 

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos


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